As a biology professor and…

As a biology professor and researcher I must say that tools giving opportunities to expand into important greenspace including limited habitats for various species at risk is very short-sighted. Greenbelt areas include important habitats for many listed species that may be on a road to extinction. The area of habitat is important to specialist species including hooded and Canada warblers. The services that humans receive without charge from intact ecosystems are worth $trillions globally and you Ontario politicians are willing to put these ecosystems at risk with these "tools".
The establishment of greenbelts was a very wise move. Provision of tools that allow them to be degraded is nothing less than stupid.